1. |
If Not You
03:14
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Shoot an arrow straight today,
draw a target 'round it later.
Don't be frightened by your sorrow,
let tomorrow be tomorrow,
caus you'll never ever know.
Write the address on the box,
don't be sorry, don't get lost.
Why you starin' out the window?
What did I say? Why did he go?
Caus you'll never ever know.
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who?
Laugh into the void
smile in the abyss.
whistle in the dark,
and let some light into crypt.
Let some, let some, let some, let some, let some
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who?
Show some kindness to yourself.
You're the only one who can.
Through your pain and deep depression,
put your chords into progressions.
Don't pretend for anyone.
Don't pretend for anyone.
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who, baby?
If not you, than who?
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2. |
Afterthought
03:24
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I will not be your afterthought, I will not
You gotta go, you gotta go now
A tiny little part of it
You're not the thing, the thing you're not
I will not be your afterthought, I will not
You gotta go, you gotta go now
Acoustic focus on this moment
You were cool but I was lonesome
You will not be mine after all, you will not
You gotta go, you gotta go now
I've gotta go, I've gotta go now
(I don't see you round my doorway)
Medieval romance like you're supposed to
It's the tightest way to lie, but
I will not be your afterthought, I will not
You gotta go, you gotta go now
You gotta go, you gotta go now
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3. |
Best Friend Meditation
04:03
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This next song is a love song for your friends. I believe that friends deserve more love songs and I like to start this one with a brief meditation on friendship. I invite you to close your eyes, and picture sitting right in front of you, your best friend. And imagine they are smiling a big beautiful smile right at you. And you can tell that it’s a real smile because you can see it in their eyes, the way their eyes are twinkling at you.
Now I invite you to imagine that you are both laughing about something really silly-- your favorite inside joke, or a tv show, or whatever-- it could even be something that no one else in the whole world would think was funny, but just imagine losing it with your dear friend. Like you just can’t stop laughing. Imagine the sound of their laugh as you picture this moment with your friend.
Now I invite you to notice whatever feelings might be coming up at this moment, as you picture your dear friend. Maybe fondness or joy, goofiness, gratitude, or even just a sense of deep cosmic luck, that this person should be in your life just at this right time in your life. I invite you to just notice those feelings, and hold them in your heart for a moment.
Now, while still holding onto those feelings that you have for your dear friend, I invite you to add one more thought, one more beautiful idea to that bouquet of blessings: here it is: this wonderful goofy beautiful person sitting in front of you, with whom you share life, who makes life that much easier and more joyful, this wonderful person feels all of those wonderful feelings for you too. I invite you to open your eyes. This song is called Amelia.
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4. |
Amelia
04:21
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Who is coolest, best, and sweetest?
Make your driving zen and mean it
Do not borrow, merely keep it for now.
Oh the sky that is above us,
And the boys who’ll never love us
No they simply do not matter now
But what is wrong, Amelia?
Don’t you know that summer’s soon?
Plant your tiny fairy garden
Sacrifice to something foreign
Leave the door upon the doorhinge now
What a battle we have fought in
We have ventured gone and gotten
Been elated, felt so rotten now
But what is wrong, Amelia?
She’ll be long gone,
She’ll be long gone,
She’ll be long gone,
She’ll be long gone, gone
Oh that night in san francisco
When i left you for the disco
Held your shoulder for a minute
But my heart was nowhere in it
Oh that night in san francisco
Oh my god, i’m gonna miss you
Oh my god, i’m gonna miss you
Oh my god, i’m gonna miss you
Oh my, but
what is wrong, Amelia?
She’ll be long gone,
She’ll be long gone,
She’ll be long gone,
She’ll be long gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone
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5. |
Anyway I Go
03:15
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you’re so pretty i could take a picture
maybe i won’t so i can be with you right here
wind’ll keep blowing and ill blow with it
maybe i’ll catch and maybe i’ll miss it this year
anyway that i go, i can move on from it
I’ve seen sorrow, i’ve lived in other places
gone home and worried bout the same things later, my dear
well nothing ever changed from wishing it were different
you got to run fast so the rain can’t hit ya out here
Anyway that i go, i can move on from it
did it just to do it or did it all for nothin
well now we'll never know but you gotta keep runnin
i'll spin you a yarn and you can make a mitten
we got pretty good stars for livin' in the city right here
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6. |
Pick Yourself Up
02:58
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I have wasted many hours staring off into the dim
I will not be spending anymore time thinking about him
‘Caus a broken heart’s a bargain, kiss a dime a dozen
Turn around and leave it all and carry this heart
Pick yourself up, somebody’s got to
Pick yourself up, somebody’s got to
Pick yourself up, kick him to the curb, caus
Somebody’s got to
Carry this heart
His respect is just as unpredictable as his attention
I always try my hardest try so hard to understand him, but
It’s too late, you gave it all you had so
Turn around and leave it all and carry this heart
Pick yourself up, somebody’s got to
Pick yourself up, somebody’s got to
Pick yourself up, never see you later,
Rock ’n roll reasons
Carry this heart
Heart, heart, heart
That boy
Sees you
As less than you are
Pick yourself up, somebody’s got to
Pick yourself up, somebody’s got to carry this heart.
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I remember being 17
Will there be a place for me?
I remember being so afraid
Things fall apart almost every day, but then
No one belongs here more than you.
Feel like a stranger in a strange land
You’re just a person, I know you can
Fight like a girl, and then cry like a man
Say “Goodnight, Moon” and then do it again, because
No one belongs here more than you.
Unbearable lightness of being a human
Men explain things, I already know them,
I’ve captured the castle, I breakfast with champions,
I ran with the wolves to the sidewalk’s ending, but
No one belongs here more than you.
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8. |
Kiss Your Heroes
03:03
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Something strange happens when you try to kiss your heroes,
They get a little smaller as you get a little nearer,
You wanna stay lost and you wanna keep that feeling
You wanna stay gone but your clarity is clearing
Oh, but what you want,
Oh, but what you want is going
Oh, but what you want,
Oh, but what you want is going,
Away
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
Well, you can’t forget yourself, and you can’t forget your purpose:
It’s that tiny little voice that starts to talk and make you nervous
And you try to keep it quiet, and you try to keep believing,
And sometimes you can feel your little self is disappearing
Oh, but what you want,
Oh, but what you want is going
Oh, but what you want,
Oh, but what you want is going,
Away
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
So what if I’ve got more love than I know what to do with?
Than I know what? what? What?
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9. |
Maker
02:20
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It’s alright to listen to the rain.
Throw it all out, and start again.
Creature and Creator, pleasure and pain.
It’s alright to listen to the rain.
It’s alright to listen to the rain.
Waking up to the same world every day,
I am something different than what I make.
And there are ways that I have grown while I was not noticing.
It’s alright.
It’s alright.
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10. |
Chex Mix
02:32
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Chex Mix for breakfast,
Listen to “Queen Bitch” twice
Max and Grace jumping naked in the lake:
Most beautiful thing I have seen in my life
There goes my longing,
There goes another day
Another hope wound away out the window,
Wound away
Maybe I’ll get lost again
Hoping that i don’t
Life is an experiment
Best to keep on going
Here is my fondness for every living thing,
I see love lit by this or that stray glint, and I have this feeling:
Be not so fearful,
And calibrate your hope
Celebrate your old defeat,
And then let it go
Maybe I can understand
Something that I don’t
But life is an experiment
Best to keep on going,
Best to keep on going,
Best to keep on going...
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